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Beauty Rings

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Vanguard, Nov 18, 2008.

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  1. Nov 18, 2008
    Vanguard

    Vanguard Take Off! Staff Member

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    I'm thinking about adding some beauty rings to my 15" wagon wheels. Anything I need to watch out for? As far as I know my wagons are pretty much standard 15x7 rims, I can't remember the brand though.
     
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    brown68

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    I'm new at this, what are beauty rings?
     
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    hopp

    hopp On our way....

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    I think they are trim rings that go at the edge of the rim to cover the rime/tire seam and make it shiny chrome.
     
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    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Yeah. Rocks, deep mud, ruts....;)
    Oh, and like everything else, you get what you pay for...
    I used to run them on one of my Blazers, and the Pep Boys units were no where near the quality of the stock ones that came on the Rally wheels.....
     
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    jpflat2a

    jpflat2a what's that noise?

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    oh boy...
    Powder Puff here we come...
    find some off of a Limited CJ if you can..very heavy duty
     
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    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

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    OTOH, how tough do they need to be to look pretty in the garage?
     
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    Vanguard

    Vanguard Take Off! Staff Member

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    That hurts. Patrick. That really hurts. R) R) R)

    Did I mention they should be stainless?
     
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    Patrick

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    Yeah, I was actually thinking stainless would look really good. Spendy, though.
    Course will they actually rust in the environment they will be subjected to? :D
     
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    panzer

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    Bling!! :rofl: :rofl:
     
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    jpflat2a

    jpflat2a what's that noise?

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    the recently purchased de-humidifer has solved that problem.
    what about the junkyards Joel, done any looking ?
     
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    bkd

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    I think they'll look great....mine survived John Bull just fine :)
    [​IMG]
    Jim S.
     
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    Patrick

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    I'd really like some 8" steelies painted white with dress rings and baby moons....
     
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    jeep2003

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    I really like trim rings but they do often collect dirt and rust the rim underneeth so youve got to pop em off occationaly and touch up
     
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    Vanguard

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    No. There seem to be quite a few deals on eBay though.
     
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    w3srl

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    The Pontiac Rally II wheels from the late 60's and early 70's had a stainless beauty ring that had a nice, rounded edge on it as compared to the ones on the GM rally wheels used in the same time period.

    [​IMG]

    They're on eBay all the time.
     
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    Patrick

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    Those look a lot like the ones used on the truck Rally wheels in the late '70's-80's...
     
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    sdcj6

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    Real beauty rings are called bead locks. Of course on a virtual Jeep I guess they could be stainless trim rings.
     
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    1960willyscj5

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    Why not go whole hog, and get a set of those spinners and put them on?
     
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    Vanguard

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    Hey, now you're talking!!!! I like the way you think! R)
     
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    jpflat2a

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    poor Betsy.
    forelorned and doomed to the garge for all eternity.
    I've got a set of chrome 15 x 7s if that will help...
     
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